Plaques

This site now (2011) has over 3,000 plaques. Alan says "My boundaries are roughly within the M25, although the occasional person such as Sir Stanley Spencer in Cookham creeps in." He's still collecting but how many more can there be?

English Heritage now erect and look after all the "Blue Plaques" and many others in London. The first such plaque scheme was founded in 1866 by the (Royal) Society of Arts. In London it has successively been run by the London County Council, the Greater London Council, and since 1986, English Heritage. There are many plaques for which EH takes no responsibility. Also be warned: not all plaques that are blue are "Blue Plaques" - we would be surprised if EH take any responsibility for Tom Baker's plaque in Berwick Street.

A plaque-placing organisation based in Ulster. We give them a link here not just because it's a nice site and they have honoured us with a link, but also because they provide a list of other plaque-related organisations in Britain, some being in London.